Third Party Programs Ban

[DoucLangur]

Originally Posted by pecete [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

there are some programs out there wich can help to improve your playing, like sounds, timers for buff and so on, are this programs allowed, I feel a bit insecure

As long as those programs do *not* interact with the EQ client, you are not doing anything against the rules. So if you operate the timers yourself - fine.

I *believe* that on-line log parsers are also allowed, to give you audio triggers - but on that I recommend getting confirmation from someone who knows better than I do.

Anything that sniffs the network packets of your client, or the memory content of your client, or manipulates the packets sent to the server -> ban hammer!

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by DoucLangur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as those programs do *not* interact with the EQ client, you are not doing anything against the rules. So if you operate the timers yourself - fine.

I *believe* that on-line log parsers are also allowed, to give you audio triggers - but on that I recommend getting confirmation from someone who knows better than I do.

Anything that sniffs the network packets of your client, or the memory content of your client, or manipulates the packets sent to the server -> ban hammer!

So what would something like WoW's addon that alerted you to a rare mob in the area do? I used it and did not consider it cheating since it was allowed and supported, but never knew how it did it.

Would the same sort of thing be considered cheating in EQ? Not that I plan to go look for any EQ addons, just wondering.

[jarshale]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So what would something like WoW's addon that alerted you to a rare mob in the area do? I used it and did not consider it cheating since it was allowed and supported, but never knew how it did it.

Would the same sort of thing be considered cheating in EQ? Not that I plan to go look for any EQ addons, just wondering.

That's what MQ2 does, along with a buncha other stuff. So yeah it would be cheating

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by jarshale [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's what MQ2 does, along with a buncha other stuff. So yeah it would be cheating

Oh. I had no idea what MQ2 was, but if it's not allowed it's not allowed.

WoW allows those kinds of addons so it's not cheating. It's the first and so far only online game where I've used addons.